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![]() Fanie de Villiers ![]() Petrus Stephanus de VilliersBorn: 13 October 1964, Vereeniging, TransvaalMajor Teams: Northern Transvaal, Kent, South Africa. Known As: Fanie de Villiers Batting Style: Right Hand Bat Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium Test Debut: South Africa v Australia at Melbourne, 1st Test, 1993/94 Latest Test: South Africa v Pakistan at Port Elizabeth, 3rd Test, 1997/98 ODI Debut: South Africa v India at Cape Town, 1st ODI, 1992/93 Latest ODI: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Wills Quadrangular, 1997/98 First-class debut: Northern Transvaal B v Natal B at Pretoria, 1985/86 Northern Transvaal debut same season Kent 1990 Education: Sasolburg HS, Heidelburg Volks, Pretoria TC Career Statistics:TESTS (including 06/03/1998) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 18 26 7 359 67* 18.89 36.22 0 2 11 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 800.5 221 2063 85 24.27 6-23 5 2 56.5 2.57 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (including 07/11/1997) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 83 36 15 170 20* 8.09 77.98 0 0 15 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 737 86 2636 95 27.74 4-27 2 0 46.5 3.57 FIRST-CLASS (1985/86 - 1997/98) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 102 138 39 1687 67* 17.04 0 4 53 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 3416.2 788 9553 427 22.37 7-80 23 3 48.0 2.79 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (1985/86 - 1997/98) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 173 91 35 519 23* 9.26 0 0 24 0 O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 1460.5 5462 204 26.77 5-30 5 1 42.9 3.73 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Fanie de VilliersArticles about Fanie de VilliersPictures of Fanie de Villiers
Profile:De Villiers established himself as a South African sports hero with his match-winning performance against Australia in Sydney in 1993/94 when he took 6/43 in the second innings to send Australia tumbling to 111 all out when they had needed only 117 to win. It was his second Test match, and remarkably he had to wait until after his 29th birthday before making his test debut, despite proving himself an accurate and competitive fast-medium bowler in limited overs internationals. Overcoming adversity has long been a feature of De Villiers' career. Despite having grown up in Vereeniging away from the traditional school cricket structures which have moulded so many national players, he bowled his way into the Northern Transvaal team while training as a teacher in Pretoria. He played against Mike Gatting's English team in 1989/90 and was a strong candidate for the world cup team in 1992 but was struck down by injury and had to wait until the 1992/93 limited overs internationals against India to make his debut for South Africa. Having made his breakthrough into Test cricket, De Villiers became a fixture in the side. He took 36 wickets in 5 tests in 1994/95, including 5-wicket hauls in 3 successive tests. The sequence included the one-off Test against Pakistan at the Wanderers where De Villiers made a dashing 66 not out and had match figures of 10/108. He missed most of the 1995/96 season because of injury.
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